Horse-boot



(No Model.) v

B. LARSEN.

HORSBBOOT.

No. 538,685. Patented May 7, 1895.-

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

BIRGER LARSEN, OF PAULLINA, IOWA.

HORSE-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 588,685, dated May '7,1895.

Application filed February 26 1395. Serial No. 539,785. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BIRGER LARsEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paullina, in the county of OBrien and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Boots, which arefully set forth in the following specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof, and in which- Figure lshows my said improved horseboot in perspective, as .seen from the rear.Fig. 2 shows its top part in sectional view, taken near its top andtransversely to its length.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a horse-boot wherewith thepastern joint may be protected on its rear side against injury from wirefences. As is well known, horses often put their fore feet through suchfences and then are caught on the wire, at the pastern joint theresultbeiug that the horse makes great effort to be released and therebyinjures himself more or less, at times so seriously as to be unfit foruse for a long time and at times never recovers from such injury. Toobviate such serious difficulties I provide my said new horse-boot,constructed in substantially the following manner, namely:

Iprovide a hoof-band, c, of stoutleather and provide its front withstraps and buckles, g, and on the rear thereof attach a cylindricallyconvexed piece of metal, b, which covers the pastern-joint and which mayextend more or less above it and is provided at its side edges, at itsupper end, with ears, z', having vertical slots, d. Through said slotspass pins, d', which play freely in said slots, and are xed into thearms, a, which project down from aband f, and pass by said ears. A largehead on said pin prevents said parts from springing apart. Said band,f,is made to fit the sides of the leg, which are quitefiat above thepastern joint, and may be provided with an exterior covering, h, asleather, or padding and provided with one or more straps and buckles g.When said band fts theleg it is of V-shaped form in plan, as shown inFig. 2. Through said construction my said device is kept in its placeand prevented from turning axially, or, so as to allow the plate, b, tocome to the side or front of the leg. In Fig. 2 the band,f, is showncovered with a padding h. The slots, d, allow the necessary verticalmotion which results from the action of the foot in walking and thusprevent the otherwise necessary inotion to the band, f, through whichchafng and injury would result.

By the use of my said device a horse cannot get his fore foot caught andheld so as to injure him.

l/Vhat I claim is- The combination with a hoof-band provided at its rearwith a cylindrically and exteriorlyconvexed metal attachment extendingabove said hoof-band and provided at its sides and upper ends withvertically slotted ears, of a band of stiff material to lit the sides ofthe leg and a pair of arms from it extending downward and united to saidears by pins 7c.-

playing in said slots, substantially as specified BIRGER LARSEN.

Witnesses:

WM. ZIMMERMAN, CARL ZETTERLUND.

